Evidence from a UK teaching hospital that MRSA is primarily transmitted by the hands of healthcare workers

H. A. Ludlam; R. L. Swayne; Angela Kearns; D. F.J. Brown; J. C. Howard; K. Gunning; R. Burnstein; C. G. Nicholl; N. M. Brown

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2009.10.008

Evidence from a UK teaching hospital that MRSA is primarily transmitted by the hands of healthcare workers

H. A. Ludlam^*, R. L. Swayne, Angela Kearns, D. F.J. Brown, J. C. Howard, K. Gunning, R. Burnstein, C. G. Nicholl, N. M. Brown

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	296-299
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	74
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2009.10.008
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010

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This study was supported by unrestricted educational grants from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Maidenhead, UK, and Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey, UK. The poster presentation at the 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Barcelona, Spain, 19–22 April 2008 was made with financial support from a European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases travel grant (part sponsored by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals).

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